Car-roof-running-board saddle.



C. B, PATCH.

CAR RooF RUNNING BOARD SADDLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I0, I9I5.

f A TTORNE Y Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

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W1 TNESSES FFI@ i CALVIN B. PATCH, or GLENELLYN, ILLINOIS, AssIGNoR To WILLIAM II. MINER, 0F oHAzY, NEW YORK.

CABfROO-RUNNING-BOARD SADDLE.

Application tiled .Tune 10, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CALvIN B. PATCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glenellyn, in the county of Dupage and State f Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Car-Roof- Running-Board Saddles, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in car roof running board saddles.

An object of the invention is to provide a running board saddle for railway cars, which is made from sheet metal; which consists of a minimum number ofvparts, and which is of minimum weight consistent with the requisite strength.

Another object of the invention is to pro-` vide a running board saddle, which may be formed frcm a single blank of sheet metal.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section of the roof of a car`v and, of my improved running board saddle applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the running board saddle, the running board being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the running board saddle. F ig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4-'4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of a blank form from which the saddle is made.

In said drawing, 10 denotes the roof of a box car, to which is secured my improved running board saddle,designated generally by the reference A, as shown. The saddle A, preferably comprises a sheet metal base portion 11, of substantially U-shape in cross section. (See Fig. 4.) Said base portion is provided with oppositely extending flanges 12-12, which conform to the shape of the roof, and by which the saddle is adapted to be secured thereto, by means of screws or other suitable fastening devices passed through the perforations 13-13., The base 11 has the top 14 thereon, evtending horizontally to thereby form a table onl which are adapted to rest the running boards 15. Spaced from said table is a strip, consisting of two portions 16 and 17 the former being substantially twice as long as the latter and specification of Letters Patent.

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secured thereto by means of a downturned flange 18, riveted to a flange 19, formed on the member 17. The flange 17 at its lower end is provided with a horizontal flange 2O by which the same is secured to the table 14. The table 14 is provided with a struck up flange 21, to which is riveted a correspondingly downwardly struck flange Q2, integral with the strip portion 16.

As shown, the running board saddle is formed from a single piece of metal, the blank being illustrated in Fig. 5. To form the saddle, the blank is bent on the dotted lines Q3, indicated in Fig. 5.

From the preceding description, it will be seen that the strip constituted by the portions 16 and 17, in conjunction with the table 14, forms a chamber within which are received the running boards. Furthermore, it will be seen that the saddle is strong and rigid, consists of a singlev piece of metal, and may be cheaply manufactured since it requires but few inexpensive operations, and those which may be easily performed.

I claim:

1. A running board saddle for railroad cars comprising, a sheet metal base of substantially inverted Ushape in cross section and havinga horizontal top table portion, a strip spaced above said table portion and forming a chamber therebetween adapted to receive the running boards, and means for connecting said base and strip intermediate the ends thereof including overlapped integral flanges struck up from the base and strip, said iangesbeing rigidly connected.

2. A running board saddle for railroad cars, comprising a single sheet of metal having a base portion of substantially inverted U shape in cross section and a strip spaced above said base to form a chamber therebetween adapted to receive the running boards, said base havinga flange struck up therefrom. and said strip an integral flange overlapped with the first named flange and secured thereto.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 28th day of May, 1915.

CALVIN B. PATCH.

Witness JOSEPH HARRIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents, Washington, D. C. 

